{{Short description|Historical fiction novel}} {{Italic title}}
{{Infobox book | author = Carolly Erickson | published = 2011 | genre = Historical fiction | preceded_by = Rival to the Queen (2010) | followed_by = The Unfaithful Queen (2012) | image = File:The_Favored_Queen.jpg }}
'''''The Favored Queen''''' is a 2011 historical fiction novel by Carolly Erickson.
== Plot summary == The book follows Jane Seymour, maid-of-honor to Queen Catherine of Aragon. Jane witnesses Catherine's fall from grace as her husband King Henry VIII divorces her in favor of Anne Boleyn. Jane serves Queen Anne as her own romance with Henry begins.
== Reception == The book received mixed reviews from critics, some of whom praised it for its prose<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Favored Queen: A Novel of Henry VIII's Third Wife by Carolly Erickson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780312596903 |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> and entertaining story<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/carolly-erickson/favored-queen/ |title=THE FAVORED QUEEN|website= Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref> while others felt it was historically inaccurate and criticized the characterization of Jane.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carolly |first=Erickson |title=The Favored Queen |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-favored-queen-a-novel-of-henry-viiis-third-wife |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Library Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Favored Queen |url=https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-favored-queen/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Historical Novel Society}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-04 |title=Book Review: The Favored Queen |url=https://www.stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/book-review-the-favored-queen |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Steve Donoghue |language=en-US}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Favored Queen, The}} Category:2011 novels Category:Novels set in Tudor England Category:Cultural depictions of Jane Seymour Category:Cultural depictions of Anne Boleyn Category:Cultural depictions of Catherine of Aragon Category:Cultural depictions of Henry VIII
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